MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1006 65 23.0 21.6 92 1.5 22.1 21 5 295.7 298.6 295.0 342.6 16.34 1 1000 120 22.3 21.3 94 0.9 21.6 23 6 295.4 298.3 294.8 341.9 16.19 2 950 566 20.0 19.8 99 0.2 19.9 49 6 297.5 300.3 294.9 342.3 15.49 3 900 1030 16.3 16.3 100 0.0 16.3 43 2 298.3 300.7 293.4 336.4 13.08 4 850 1518 15.2 13.6 90 1.7 14.1 180 4 302.1 304.2 293.4 336.3 11.58 5 800 2030 13.0 7.0 67 6.1 9.5 195 8 305.0 306.5 291.3 328.7 7.86 6 750 2570 9.6 5.1 73 4.5 7.0 219 11 307.0 308.4 291.6 329.4 7.37 7 700 3140 6.3 4.4 88 1.9 5.2 213 13 309.4 310.8 292.4 332.4 7.50 8 650 3744 2.5 -1.6 74 4.2 0.4 208 16 311.8 312.8 291.2 328.2 5.22 9 600 4387 -0.5 -13.2 38 12.7 -5.5 209 24 315.5 315.9 289.7 323.1 2.30 10 550 5077 -4.2 -24.1 19 19.9 -10.0 214 27 319.2 319.3 289.5 322.6 0.99 11 500 5823 -7.4 -35.2 9 27.8 -13.5 218 32 324.0 324.0 290.4 325.4 0.38 12 450 6634 -12.6 -37.3 11 24.6 -17.4 213 35 327.3 327.4 291.3 328.6 0.34 13 400 7521 -19.0 -36.3 20 17.3 -22.1 205 40 330.3 330.3 292.2 331.9 0.43 14 350 8502 -25.3 -58.4 3 33.1 -28.1 200 44 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.04 15 300 9603 -33.1 -59.8 5 26.7 -34.7 204 43 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.04 16 250 10862 -41.8 -62.5 9 20.6 -42.7 203 53 343.8 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.03 17 200 12337 -51.5 -72.3 7 20.8 -52.0 207 49 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14164 -61.5 -81.7 5 20.2 -61.6 215 34 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 19 100 16613 -68.8 -85.3 7 16.6 -68.8 254 23 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.84 m Freezing level: 608.73 mb = 4274.60 m = 14024.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.37 mb = 3788.72 m = 12430.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.98 % Est. max temperature: 29.00 C = 84.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.55 mb = 246.46 m = 808.58 ft T: 21.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.11 C/km ThetaE index: 13.64 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 942.38 mb = 634.81 m = 2082.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.99 C = 76.98 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.73 C Showalter Index: 0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.69 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.67 C Cross Totals Index: 21.02 C K Index: 34.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 428.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 950.65 mb = 559.65 m = 1836.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 935.65 mb = 696.46 m = 2284.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 305.65 mb = 9469.93 m = 31068.95 ft B at Equ Level: 426.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 195.65 mb = 12476.74 m = 40933.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.2 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 241.2 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.3 neg: -0.0 tot: 46.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 7.32 Bulk Shear: 58.53 m/s